Method for establishing networking connection

Abstract

A method for establishing a networking connection includes: utilizing a mobile communication device to wirelessly communicate with a wireless access point to establish a networking connection between the mobile communication device and the wireless access point; utilizing the mobile communication device to encode a profile of a wireless local area network (WLAN) corresponding to the wireless access point to generate one or more profile encoded packets; utilizing the mobile communication device to transmit the one or more profile encoded packets; utilizing a wireless communication device to receive the one or more profile encoded packets; utilizing the wireless communication device to parse the one or more profile encoded packets to obtain the profile of the WLAN; and utilizing the wireless communication device to connect to the wireless access point according to the profile of the WLAN to establish a networking connection between the wireless communication device and the wireless access point.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A method for establishing a networking connection between a wireless communication device and a wireless access point, the method comprising:
 utilizing a mobile communication device to wirelessly communicate with the wireless access point to establish a networking connection between the mobile communication device and the wireless access point; 
 utilizing the mobile communication device to encode a profile of a wireless local area network (WLAN) corresponding to the wireless access point to generate one or more profile encoded packets without communicating with the wireless communication device in advance; 
 utilizing the mobile communication device to transmit the one or more profile encoded packets; 
 utilizing the wireless communication device to receive the one or more profile encoded packets; 
 utilizing the wireless communication device to parse the one or more profile encoded packets to obtain the profile of the WLAN; and 
 utilizing the wireless communication device to connect to the wireless access point according to the profile of the WLAN to establish a networking connection between the wireless communication device and the wireless access point. 
 
     
     
       2. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the profile of the WLAN comprises at least one of a service set identifier (SSID) and a password of the WLAN, and the operation of utilizing the wireless communication device to receive the one or more profile encoded packets comprises:
 configuring the wireless communication device to operate at a promiscuous mode or a monitor mode so as to receive the one or more profile encoded packets. 
 
     
     
       3. The method of  claim 2 , wherein the operation of utilizing the mobile communication device to encode the profile of the WLAN to generate the one or more profile encoded packets comprises:
 utilizing the mobile communication device to divide the profile of the WLAN into multiple data segments, and respectively encoding the multiple data segments into destination MAC address fields of the one or more profile encoded packets. 
 
     
     
       4. The method of  claim 2 , wherein the operation of utilizing the mobile communication device to encode the profile of the WLAN to generate the one or more profile encoded packets comprises:
 utilizing the mobile communication device to divide the profile of the WLAN into multiple data segments, and respectively adjusting payload lengths of the one or more profile encoded packets to respectively represent contents of the multiple data segments. 
 
     
     
       5. The method of  claim 2 , wherein the operation of utilizing the mobile communication device to encode the profile of the WLAN to generate the one or more profile encoded packets comprises:
 utilizing the mobile communication device to divide the profile of the WLAN into multiple data segments, and encoding the multiple data segments into payload lengths of the one or more profile encoded packets and into destination MAC address fields of the one or more profile encoded packets. 
 
     
     
       6. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the wireless communication device has no display device for displaying the profile of the WLAN. 
     
     
       7. A method for establishing a networking connection between a wireless communication device and a wireless access point, the method comprising:
 utilizing the wireless access point to encode a profile of a wireless local area network (WLAN) corresponding to the wireless access point to generate one or more profile encoded packets without communicating with the wireless communication device in advance; 
 utilizing the wireless access point to transmit the one or more profile encoded packets; 
 utilizing the wireless communication device to receive the one or more profile encoded packets; 
 utilizing the wireless communication device to parse the one or more profile encoded packets to obtain the profile of the WLAN; and 
 utilizing the wireless communication device to connect to the wireless access point according to the profile of the WLAN to establish a networking connection between the wireless communication device and the wireless access point. 
 
     
     
       8. The method of  claim 7 , wherein the profile of the WLAN comprises at least one of a service set identifier (SSID) and a password of the WLAN, and the operation of utilizing the wireless communication device to receive the one or more profile encoded packets comprises:
 configuring the wireless communication device to operate at a promiscuous mode or a monitor mode so as to receive the one or more profile encoded packets. 
 
     
     
       9. The method of  claim 8 , wherein the operation of utilizing the wireless access point to encode the profile of the WLAN to generate the one or more profile encoded packets comprises:
 utilizing the wireless access point to divide the profile of the WLAN into multiple data segments, and respectively encoding the multiple data segments into destination MAC address fields of the one or more profile encoded packets, or into source MAC address fields of the one or more profile encoded packets, or into both the destination MAC address fields and the source MAC address fields of the one or more profile encoded packets. 
 
     
     
       10. The method of  claim 8 , wherein the operation of utilizing the wireless access point to encode the profile of the WLAN to generate the one or more profile encoded packets comprises:
 utilizing the wireless access point to divide the profile of the WLAN into multiple data segments, and respectively adjusting payload lengths of the one or more profile encoded packets to respectively represent contents of the multiple data segments. 
 
     
     
       11. The method of  claim 8 , wherein the operation of utilizing the wireless access point to encode the profile of the WLAN to generate the one or more profile encoded packets comprises:
 utilizing the wireless access point to divide the profile of the WLAN into multiple data segments, and encoding the multiple data segments into payload lengths of the one or more profile encoded packets and also into destination MAC address fields of the one or more profile encoded packets, or source MAC address fields of the one or more profile encoded packets, or both the destination MAC address fields and the source MAC address fields of the one or more profile encoded packets. 
 
     
     
       12. The method of  claim 7 , wherein the wireless communication device has no display device for displaying the profile of the WLAN.